Native Hawaiian and Other U.S. Pacific Islander Population, Census 2000 and Census 2010

Updated September 9, 2022 | Infoplease Staff
National origin 2000 population1Percent 2010 population1 Percent
Total2874,414100.0% 1,225,195 100.0%
Polynesian
Native Hawaiian401,16245.9 527,077 43.0
Samoan133,28115.2 184,440 15.1
Tongan36,8404.2 57,183 4.7
Tahitian3,3130.4 5,062 0.4
Tokelauan5740.1 925 0.1
Polynesian, not specified8,7961.0 9,153 0.7
Micronesian
Guamanian or Chamorro92,61110.6 147,798 12.1
Mariana Islander141(3) 391 (3)
Saipanese4750.1 1,031 0.1
Palauan3,4690.4 7,450 0.6
Carolinian173(3) 521 (3)
Kosraean226(3) 906 0.1
Pohnpeian7000.1% 2,060 0.2
Chuukese6540.1 4,211 0.3
Yapese368(3) 1,018 0.1
Marshallese6,6500.8 22,434 1.8
I-Kiribati175(3) 401 (3)
Micronesian, not specified9,9401.1 29,112 2.4
Melanesian
Fijian13,5811.6 32,304 2.6
Papua New Guinean224(3) 416 (3)
Solomon Islander25(3) 122 (3)
Ni-Vanuatu18(3) 91 (3)
Melanesian, not specified315(3) 222 (3)
Other Pacific Islander187,419 21.4 240,179 19.6
1. The numbers by national origin do not add up to the total population figure because respondents may have put down more than one country. Respondents reporting several countries are counted several times.
2. Total includes Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islanders alone or in combination with other races or groups. Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander population alone in 2000 was 398,835; 521,876 in 2010.
3. Less than 0.1%.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000, Census 2010.

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